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- ADVENTURERS:
- Women
refusing to stay at home
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 - Andrew
de la Rue/The Age
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- KAY
COTTEE (b1954)
- The
first woman to circumnavigate the world single-handed, this Australian
yachtswoman sailed into Sydney Harbour aboard her yacht Blackmore’s
First Lady on 5 June 1988 after the 46,000 kilometre voyage
which took a little over 5 months.
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 - Road
Transport Hall of Fame, Alice Springs courtesy
of Mrs Catherine MacLean née
Gregson
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- CATHERINE
GREGSON (b1914)
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left, the first woman to drive by car around Australia, is seen
standing beside her utility at the end of the epic 6 month journey
in 1937. Leaving Sydney for Adelaide with her mother Grace who
accompanied her throughout, the 23 year old from Tamworth NSW
did all her own maintenance. Sibyl Sale from Tasmania joined the
two women in Alice Springs from whence they drove to Darwin, Perth,
across the Nullabor to Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.
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 - Courtesy
of Gary Single
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- MARIE
SINGLE (née Burke) (b1926)
- In
1947 at the age of 21, Marie was the first woman to hitch-hike
around Australia attracting national public and media attention
including coverage by Movietone News. In spite of some criticism
and a jail threat for hitchhiking which was considered “unwomanly
behaviour“, she completed her 2-year journey, married and
had 12 children.
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